# Report 2020-11

## News

 - [Google reCAPTCHA service under the microscope: Questions raised over privacy promises, cookie use](https://www.theregister.com/2020/11/02/google_ad_privacy/)
 - [Your Smart TV is probably ignoring your PiHole](https://labzilla.io/blog/force-dns-pihole)
 - [Your Computer Isn't Yours](https://sneak.berlin/20201112/your-computer-isnt-yours/)
 - [New lawsuit: Why do Android phones mysteriously exchange 260MB a month with Google via cellular data when they're not even in use?](https://www.theregister.com/2020/11/14/google_android_data_allowance/)
 - [noyb files complaints against Apple's tracking code "IDFA"](https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-files-complaints-against-apples-tracking-code-idfa)
 - [Ticketmaster Fined $1.7 Million for Data Security Failures](https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/ticketmaster-fined-17-million-for-data-security-failures-a-15369)
 - [Video Analytics User Manuals Are a Guide to Dystopia](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/video-analytics-user-manuals-are-guide-dystopia)
 - [DHS Plans to Start Collecting Eye Scans and DNA — With the Help of Defense Contractors](https://theintercept.com/2020/11/17/dhs-biometrics-dna/)
 - [Australia’s spy agencies caught collecting COVID-19 app data](https://siliconvalleyreporter.com/2020/11/24/australias-spy-agencies-caught-collecting-covid-19-app-data/)
 - [Baidu's Android apps caught collecting sensitive user details](https://www.zdnet.com/article/baidus-android-apps-caught-collecting-sensitive-user-details/)
 - [GM to Sell Car Insurance, Using Data on Your Driving to Set Prices](https://www.wsj.com/articles/gm-wants-to-not-only-sell-cars-but-insure-them-too-11605708000)
 - [Microsoft productivity score feature criticised as workplace surveillance](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/nov/26/microsoft-productivity-score-feature-criticised-workplace-surveillance)
 - [You Need to Opt Out of Amazon Sidewalk](https://gizmodo.com/you-need-to-opt-out-of-amazon-sidewalk-1845750268)
 - [JD unveils first phase of Xiongan smart city operating system for Xi Jinping’s city of the future](https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3111653/jd-unveils-first-phase-xiongan-smart-city-operating-system-xi)
 - [China pilots biometric ID cards to monitor citizens’ online activities](https://www.biometricupdate.com/202011/china-pilots-biometric-id-cards-to-monitor-citizens-online-activities)

## Data Breaches

 - [Folksam data breach leaks info of 1M Swedes to Google, Facebook, more](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/folksam-data-breach-leaks-info-of-1m-swedes-to-google-facebook-more/)
 - [Luxottica data breach exposes LensCrafters, EyeMed patient info](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/luxottica-data-breach-exposes-lenscrafters-eyemed-patient-info/)
 - [The list of online booking sites affected by the breach includes some of the top industry giants including Booking.com](https://www.hackread.com/hotel-reservation-platform-data-leak-online-booking-sites/)
 - [Info of 27.7 million Texas drivers exposed in Vertafore data breach](https://www.zdnet.com/article/info-of-27-7-million-texas-drivers-exposed-in-vertafore-data-breach/)
 - [Animal Jam kids' virtual world hit by data breach, impacts 46M accounts](https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/110831/data-breach/animal-jam-data-breach.html)
 - [Capcom confirms data breach after gamers' data stolen in cyberattack](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/capcom-confirms-data-breach-after-gamers-data-stolen-in-cyberattack/)
 - [Hacker shares 3.2 million Pluto TV accounts for free on forum](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacker-shares-32-million-pluto-tv-accounts-for-free-on-forum/)
 - [Report: Retail-focused Used Electronics Business Leaks Customers’ IDs & Fingerprints in Data Breach](https://www.websiteplanet.com/blog/tronicsxchange-breach-report/)
 - [GO SMS Pro Vulnerable to Media File Theft](https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/go-sms-pro-vulnerable-to-media-file-theft/?=go-sms-pro-vulnerability-to-media-file-theft)
 - [Personal data of 16 million Brazilian COVID-19 patients exposed online](https://www.zdnet.com/article/personal-data-of-16-million-brazilian-covid-19-patients-exposed-online/)
 - [Networking equipment vendor Belden discloses data breach](https://www.zdnet.com/article/networking-equipment-vendor-belden-discloses-data-breach/)
 - [IoT chip maker Advantech confirms ransomware attack, data theft](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/iot-chip-maker-advantech-confirms-ransomware-attack-data-theft/)
 - [Healthcare provider AspenPointe data breach affects 295K patients](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/healthcare-provider-aspenpointe-data-breach-affects-295k-patients/)

## Paper/Report

 - [To track or not to track? Towards privacy-friendly and sustainable online advertising](https://en.panoptykon.org/privacy-friendly-advertising)
